Monthly Archives: November 2006

New WordPress Plugin: Google AdSense Targeting

Thanks to this article, I learned that Google AdSense—the ads many use on their blogs, including me—has a way to focus your AdSense ads on the most relevant content. The problem is that blogs often discuss a variety of topics, and links to other entries, tag clouds, archives, etc., can all distract the Google AdSense spiders [...]

Putting a Stop to Traffic Signals?

The Telegraph describes how a Dutch town gave up traffic lights. Strangely enough the result was reduced accidents and increased traffic flow. The project is the brainchild of Mr Monderman, and the town has seen some remarkable results. There used to be a road death every three years but there have been none since the traffic [...]

Comcast.com: A Good Example of Bad Web Design

That’s what I saw when I went to pay my bill at Comcast.com, something I’ve done several times before. I do have Flash—it just happens to be Flash 7, the highest version Adobe has yet released for Linux. The problem with making your website depend on proprietary technology, such as a particular version of Flash, [...]